Samsung is bringing second-generation 14nm technology to its midrange smartphone devices this year, along with (we hope) a solid battery life boost. Hopefully manufacturers will use 14nm power savings to offer devices that prioritize battery life over shaving a few millimeters off the frame.

Microsoft’s decision to kill its Windows Phone hardware group is just the latest in a long string of repositions, recalibrations, and failed products. We look back over 20 years of Windows mobile devices.

Its crunch time for smartphones to prove what they can do in the medical world. researchers at Rice have developed a a smartphone peripheral they call Mobilevision to image the most sensitive part of the eye in high definition.